RE: (a bit OT) Video projectors

["Brian G. Reynolds" <brian.g.reynolds@xxxxxxx>]

And you are trying to get me int  this projector game!! wait till I find a
millionairess!! (can't even spell it?).

B.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phil Harris [mailto:phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 07 July 2001 13:14
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] (a bit OT) Video projectors
>
>
>
> I love to say yes and tell you how to do it but I'm afraid I don't
know my
> way around the service menus on the VW10 ... I'll see if I can
> find out from
> Gordon but I reckon - like myself - he'd be reticent to point you at
them
> for two main reasons.
>
> Firstly the service menus are a scarey place to be ... I believe
> that it is
> even possible t  nuke the bulb from the VW10's service menu as
> IIRC there is
> a menu option for adjusting the bulb voltage to get what Sony
> consider to be
> the optimum balance between light output and longevity.
>
> Secondly (and I suppose this is a two pronged thing), the setting up
that
> Stereo Stereo do on the VW10s takes quite a long time and is
> usually carried
> out in the home anyway. (The furnishings and decor of a room affect
the
> perceived colour balance quite significantly.) This is why these
> guys don't
> get int  discounting wars so it's kinda their "edge" ...
also, to set the
> greyscales and gammas correctly you *NEED* a good colour anayser which
I
> know is Gordons (and I believe cost him the best part of $15k)
> and I know he
> paid for himself to g  through an ISF certification course in the US
> recently so it's not a simple process.
>
> To give you an idea ... I *KNEW* the colour balance settings on my CRT
> projector were p*ssed and so I wasn't worried about trying to fix the
> imbalance by eye. That was six months ago at least and it is most
> definitely
> still not right. I'm gonna get Gordon to make the trek down here and
do my
> projector and a friends at the same time and split his travelling
costs -
> however I still expect t  pay him probably in the order of £600 for
doing
> the job.
>
> Phil
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Alan Cockerton [mailto:alancc@xxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 07 July 2001 12:55
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [ukha_d] (a bit OT) Video projectors
> >
> >
> > Phil, do you have any info on how to calibrate a VW10HT, mine
> > looks ok to me
> > but it would be interesting to find out if it could be improved.
> >
> > Alancc
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Phil Harris <phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx>
> > To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2001 11:33 PM
> > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] (a bit OT) Video projectors
> >
> >
> > > The little gathering that I've suggested that you come along
> > with me to is
> > > at a shop in Glasgow called Stereo Stereo and is being
arranged by a
> > friend
> > > of mine, Gordon Fraser. It was he that showed me the VW10HT
set up
> > properly
> > > (i.e. properly calibrated and colour corrected).
> > >
> > > Out of the box the VW10HT's are *NOT* well set up and the
box
> > shifters may
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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